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Three Jewish charity ambulances were destroyed in the attack.

Iranian terror group claims arson attack on Jewish ambulances in London

Three people in hoodies were filmed setting fire to the vehicles amid a renewed debate about rising antisemitism at the same time Israel intensifies its attacks on Iran.

  • David Crowe

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US President Donald Trump during a meeting with Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 19, 2026. Takaichi warned she’s facing an “extremely difficult” meeting with Donald Trump, after the US president criticized Japan for rebuffing his demand for warships to help secure the Strait of Hormuz. Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg

European leaders, Japan offer to help Trump unblock Strait of Hormuz

In a meeting with Japan’s prime minister, Donald Trump said he didn’t warn allies about his attack on Iran because he wanted it to be a surprise, like the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.

  • Michael Koziol
Peter Mandelson leaves his home in north London, Wednesday

‘Weirdly rushed’: Starmer ignored Epstein red flags before appointing Mandelson, new files show

The British prime minister is under pressure again as new documents reveal he appointed Peter Mandelson as US ambassador despite official warnings that his long friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein presented “reputational risk”.

  • Jill Lawless and Brian Melley
Mourners carry the coffin of one of dozens of children and others killed in an Israeli-US strike on a school in Minab, Iran, on Tuesday.

Iran announces new supreme leader as US-Israel strike key infrastructure

The son of the late Ayatollah Khamenei will become the new head of state, state media reports, a man US President Donald Trump has described as “unacceptable”.

  • Jon Gambrell and Sam Metz
King Charles and Donald Trump

How the royal ‘Trump whisperers’ will be key to winning back Washington

With British PM Keir Starmer’s reputation state-side at a low, the King and Queen will have to work their magic on their latest visit.

  • Hannah Furness, Connor Stringer and Tony Diver
“This is not Winston Churchill we are dealing with”, Trump has said of PM Keir Starmer.

No, he’s not Winston Churchill. But Starmer’s learnt something from history Trump hasn’t

Publicly rebuked by the president and deeply unpopular at home, Keir Starmer is sticking to his guns over Iran and wants to avoid “the mistakes of Iraq”.

  • David Crowe
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Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on March 3.

US warns ‘the big one is coming’ amid conflicting signals over war’s duration

US President Donald Trump declared the war might go “far longer” than his previous estimate of “four to five weeks” and did not rule out sending ground forces into Iran.

  • David Crowe
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during question time on Tuesday.

‘Frightening’: Labor luminary hits out at Australian support for Iran strikes

The former foreign minister’s comments came after opposition frontbencher Andrew Hastie said he was comfortable with the US demonstrating its strength as a deterrence to adversarial nations.

  • Matthew Knott and Nick Newling
US President Donald Trump walks past War Secretary Pete Hegseth at the White House on Monday.

Calling allies cowards is not the Trump administration’s most strategic play

Just weeks ago, the president had to apologise for belittling US allies over their war effort in Afghanistan. Now his war secretary is sticking the boot in anew over Iran.

  • Michael Koziol
A fire breaks out in a building targeted by Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles in Manama, the capital of Bahrain.

There’s a wild violence to Iran’s retaliation and it has the firepower to do even worse

The United States and Israel have pounded Iranian targets in a bid to destroy weapons stores and missile launchers. But Iran’s resolve to fight back appears strong.

  • David Crowe